Pontiac 8-lug Wheels

[TarheelRick]

Just acquired a set of Pontiac 8-lug wheels from a Trumpeter Bonneville.  Let me rephrase that, I acquired a set of very poorly reproduced 8-lug wheels, Trumpeter really screwed the pooch on these.  They remind me of those "faux mag wheel" covers from the 60's, you know, the ones from J. C. Whitney for $12 a set.  There is no depth to them and there is very minimal detail.  Now for my real reason for this post, which resin-caster makes a quality Pontiac 8-lug wheel?

[Mike Chernecki]

Get a set of wheels and tires from the Moebius 1961 Ventura. 

[GMP440]

Can you post pics of the Trumpeter 8 lug wheels?

[ChrisBcritter]

An NOS set of AMT 8-lugs on eBay now:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMT-1962-PONTIAC-BONNEVILLE-ORIGINAL-HUB-CAPS-NOS-KIT-S-622-CIRCA-1962/332811448119?hash=item4d7d1baf37:g:UfoAAOSwq6pboWps

[ChrisBcritter]

Jo-Han also produced shallow 8-lugs as custom parts for some of its full-sized cars, including the '61 Olds 88:

Looks like Trumpeter copied them. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

AMT & MPC did nearly every full sized, 60's Pontiac kit that they ever produced with pretty nice 8 lug wheels.

I would think that they should be pretty easy to find on ebay.

I personally have probably a dozen or more kits that contain them.

 

Steve

 

 

 

[TarheelRick]

Just checked my 65 Bonneville kit and it has a really nice set of 8 lugs.  Guess I will need to try and cast a couple of sets.

[High octane]

Ricky, I just checked my Trumpeter not so chrome tree, and you're right about the 8-Lug wheels as they are really shallow.